The Stockade
probably c. 1908
Artist, French, 1852 - 1931
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 81 x 66 cm (31 7/8 x 26 in.)
framed: 94 x 75.9 x 4.9 cm (37 x 29 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.11.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 16 September 1929 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA;[1] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] According to Rosenwald papers in NGA Gallery Archives; pertinent copies in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1929
Twenty-Eighth Annual International Exhibitions of Paintings, Carnegie Institue, Pittsburgh, 1929, no. 153, as La Palissade.
1932
Forain: The Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1932, no. 10, as La Palissade
1984
Loan for display with permanent collection, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 1984-1987.
Bibliography
1932
Cary, Elisabeth Luther. "A Tribute to Forain." Parnassus 4 (November 1932): 23
1933
Youtz, Philip. "Forain, Artist and Journalist." American Magazine of Art XXVI (Feb 1933):87, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 51.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 43, repro.
1969
Wasell, Nancy Michelle. Jean Louis Forain, the Painter. M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1969:50, repro
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 130, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 155, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: forain
Wikidata ID
Q20191194